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Exercises 4-5: Verbs and Tenses

I. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

1.The Smiths ________. (lived there since five years ago; have been living there for five years)

2.Someone will have to teach Helga ________ tennis. (how to play; play)

3.I didn’t meet Mary White at the party. ________ by the time I arrived. (She was left; She’d

left)

4.I just saw John at the bookstore. I didn’t think he ________ back until tomorrow. (will come;

was to come)

5.I ______ to Mexico last year, but Dad would not let me. (was to have gone; were to go)

6.Until yesterday, his family ________ from him for six months. (hadn’t been hearing; hadn’t

heard)

7.We must stop now. It is time we ________ home. (were going; are going)

8.We are going to London next month. This will be the first time I ________ there. (have been;

am going)

9.We ________ our evening meal at half past seven yesterday, and then we watched film on

television. (were having; had )

10.Whenever we visited them, they ________ television. (were watching; had watched)

11.I would have come to see you had it been possible, but I ________ so busy then. (had been;

was)

12.It ________ everyday so far this month. (it is raining; has rained)

13.Mary has just arrived, but I didn’t know she ________ (had been coming; was coming)

14.Everybody has arrived. It’s time we ________ the class. (started; shall start)

st Sunday we ________ the seashore, but the weather was bad. (went to; would have gone

to)

16.I ________ in America now, but I haven’t got the visa. (was to have been; am to be)

17.The telephone rang when I ________ have supper. (was about to; was going to)

18.Take an umbrella with you, it ________ rain. (is to; is about to)

19.Will you come to see me immediately you ________ back? (get; will get)

20.By Friday, he still ________ his work. (had not accomplished; have not accomplished)

21.“Bob has gone to California, I hear.”“Oh, I wonder when he ______.” (has left; left)

22.Ann doesn’t like milk. She says that she never ______ it at home. (use to drink; used to drink)

23.Since a tap on the door ________, Mary decided to finish washing her hair. (interrupted; had

interrupted)

24.When the old man would begin to sing, the children ________. (laughed, pointing to him;

would laugh and point at him)

25.By the time you get to Greenwich you ______ the most historic parts of London. (will have

seen; will see)

26.The ambulance controller told him an ambulance ________ in 5 minutes. (would be arriving;

was to arrive)

27.Her iron did not heat because she ________ the terminals. (damaged; had damaged)

28.He said that London ________ a great city. (is; was)

29.“When will the plane arrive?”“I will tell you when ________.” (I will find out; I find out)

30.“What happened to her teeth?”“She ________ the apple more than she could chew.”(has